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Marcia Griffiths

Probably reggae?s most enduring and successful female vocalist, often called "the Queen of Reggae". She started singing at Studio One in the early 60s and went on to have many hits with the label, the biggest being in 1968 with the massive ?Feel Like Jumping? In 1969 she teamed up with Bob Andy and under the name Bob and Marcia they had a huge international hit with their version of Nina Simone?s ?Young, Gifted and Black? for producer Harry J, along with more hits for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One

From 1975 until Bob Marley?s death in 1981 she was a member of the I Threes, along with Rita Marley and Judy Mowatt, the backing singers for Bob Marley and the Wailers In 1989 (7 years after it was recorded !) she had another huge hit in the US with the crossover club hit Electric Boogie.